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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1983
Page
17
The writer riffs on toll booth coin tosses as if watching Sixers legends and players in a humorous game. He compares drivers to basketball stars like Dr J and Mo Cheeks, praising quick hands, shooting style, and backboard theatrics while noting toll officials’ distraction and the urge to keep human attendants employed.
UPI columnist Dick West parodies U S chicken gun tests at Langley Va noting a 20 foot cannon could hurl four pound chickens at 700 mph. He questions arms race stakes, Soviet progress, and keeps focus on potential civil defense risk amid mock scenarios and Geneva talks.
A syndicated column summary notes large domestic marijuana cash crops drawing criminal interest while the DEA downplays the issue. It contrasts federal stance with law enforcement claims and highlights a shift toward a high technology arms race with Japan, stressing U.S. computer leadership and Capitol Hill pressures. It cites Jack Anderson and Joe Spear.
A reader notes higher failure rates for sporting goods shops and camera stores, estimating 64 and 51 per 10 000 yearly failures respectively. The fragment touches on comparisons with florists cafes and other retailers, then shifts to unrelated trivia about outhouse vents marriage and skull thickness.
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